Kanya Wattanagun
Biographic Data
| ID | 5624684 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kanya Wattanagun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kanya |
| FAMILY NAME | Wattanagun |
| SIGNATURE | WATTANAGUN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Thai Studies Center, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Against Hostile Nature: The Roles of Magic and Science in Thailand’s Cave Rescue
The rescue mission at Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, presents a scenario in which magical rituals and technical knowledge were marshaled against hostile natural conditions. While practical endeavors were made to mitigate the risks and impediments posed by malign weather and topographical features of the cave, myths and rituals were enacted to control unruly factors not subject to human manipulation. In this paper, I argue that: 1) Magic…
Karma versus Magic: Dissonance and Syncretism in Vernacular Thai Buddhism
For a number of scholars, syncretism as an analytical approach to a group’s or an individual’s religiosity has several shortcomings. Denoting the mixture of tenets or practices belonging to different traditions, syncretism presupposes a clearly demarcated boundary between the syncretized traditions (McDaniel 2011, 17). It also implies scholarly wrought labels and categories, which are hardly shared by the people whose religiosity becomes the subj…
The Quest and Reconstruction of Identity in Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore
This essay aims to explore the issue of identity quest of various characters in Haruki Murakami’s “Kafka on the Shore.” While Hoshino is portrayed as an alienated citydweller, whose identity formation depends on superficial signs produced in consumer society, Satoru Nakata’s identity is noted for its marginalized position as he is unable to make sense of capitalist logic. His viewpoint reveals a hidden side of capitalist society that glorifies su…
Against Hostile Nature: The Roles of Magic and Science in Thailand’s Cave Rescue
The rescue mission at Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, presents a scenario in which magical rituals and technical knowledge were marshaled against hostile natural conditions. While practical endeavors were made to mitigate the risks and impediments posed by malign weather and topographical features of the cave, myths and rituals were enacted to control unruly factors not subject to human manipulation. In this paper, I argue that: 1) Magic…
The Quest and Reconstruction of Identity in Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore
This essay aims to explore the issue of identity quest of various characters in Haruki Murakami’s “Kafka on the Shore.” While Hoshino is portrayed as an alienated citydweller, whose identity formation depends on superficial signs produced in consumer society, Satoru Nakata’s identity is noted for its marginalized position as he is unable to make sense of capitalist logic. His viewpoint reveals a hidden side of capitalist society that glorifies su…
Karma versus Magic: Dissonance and Syncretism in Vernacular Thai Buddhism
For a number of scholars, syncretism as an analytical approach to a group’s or an individual’s religiosity has several shortcomings. Denoting the mixture of tenets or practices belonging to different traditions, syncretism presupposes a clearly demarcated boundary between the syncretized traditions (McDaniel 2011, 17). It also implies scholarly wrought labels and categories, which are hardly shared by the people whose religiosity becomes the subj…
Against Hostile Nature: The Roles of Magic and Science in Thailand’s Cave Rescue
The rescue mission at Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, presents a scenario in which magical rituals and technical knowledge were marshaled against hostile natural conditions. While practical endeavors were made to mitigate the risks and impediments posed by malign weather and topographical features of the cave, myths and rituals were enacted to control unruly factors not subject to human manipulation. In this paper, I argue that: 1) Magic…
Psychology (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Buddhism (1 works)